“Matter can neither be created nor destroyed…it only changes forms.”
Food Chains! Review
The Water Cycle!
A. EVAPORATION- B. CONDENSATION- C. PRECIPITATION- D. TRANSPIRATION- A. B. C. D.D. The process of water becoming a vapor. Gas turns into a liquid phase. Water falling to the earth. Loss of water from a plant through its leaves.
The circulation of carbon from the atmosphere into organisms and back again
The Carbon Cycle!
A. PLANTS TAKE IN CO2 “PHOTOSYNTHESIS” B. WE BREATHE IN O2 FROM PLANTS C. WE EAT FOOD (CARBON) FROM PLANTS D. WE BREATHE OUT CO2 “CELLULAR RESPIRATION” FOOD (C) OXYGEN (O2) CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) A.A. B.B. C.C. D.D.
BAD CO2 INTO THE AIR
Air Pollution
Summarize the nitrogen cycle in 5 sentences.
Get Out your “Matter is Recycled” GO Notes, BrainPOP GO Notes and Animal behavior GO Notes
ANYTHING THAT PREVENTS SOME THINGS FROM LIVING IN AN AREA.
(NONLIVING) TEMPERATURE RAIN SOIL BIOTIC (LIVING) FOOD PREDATORS
SOMETHING AN ORGANISM HAS TO SURVIVE IN THE ENVIRONMENT. EXAMPLE? ◦ Thick fur coat of an arctic fox ◦ Chameleon changes colors
ABILITY TO WITH STAND CHANGE.
Levels off
MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF INDIVIDUALS THE ENVIRONMENT CAN SUPPORT!
ABOVE CARRYING CAPACTIY (CC) ◦ TOO MANY, SOME MUST DIE. BELOW CARRYING CAPACITY (CC) ◦ ROOM FOR MORE
A series of predictable changes that occur in a community over time.
NEW PLACE, OCCURS WHERE NO SOIL EXISTS. EX. AFTER A VOLCANO SLOW, PIONEER SPECIES. SECONDARY FOLLOWING A DISTRUBANCE THAT DESTROYS A COMMUNITY WITHOUT DESTROYING THE SOIL. FOREST FIRE FASTER BECAUSE ALREADY HAS LIFE AND SOIL.
1. PIONEEER SPECIES- LICHEN AND MOSS 2. GRASSES 3. BUSHES 4. PINE TREES 5. HARDWOOD TREES
STABLE, A COMMUNITY THAT DOESN’T UNDERGO FURTHER SUCCESSION.
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